Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

There are two kind of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. try to be in the first group; there is a less competition there.